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Pulitzer Prize winners 2026: Experimental war dramas and Trump chaos
Pulitzer Prize judges have awarded the fiction prize to Daniel Kraus for "Angel Down", a World War I narrative told in one long, continuous sentence. The prizes for journalism were dominated by coverage of the Trump administration.
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Top Russian publisher rejects accusations in 'LGBT extremism' probe
The Kremlin has for years been hardening repressive laws against the LGBTQ community as part of what President Vladimir Putin touts as a drive to promote 'traditional values', including cracking down on films, books, art and culture.
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Spanish archaeologists find Homer's Iliad poem in Egyptian tomb
A Spanish-Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were reused in burial practices and shedding light on the spread of Greek literature in Roman Egypt.
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Le coup de Grasset: Exodus of authors and the collective response
Not wanting to drift with their publishing house after Olivier Nora's ouster, 170 authors have announced that they are leaving Grasset. Writer Oscar Coop-Phane reflects on his experience. Bookseller Gwilherm Perthuis denounces an ultra-concentrated publishing industry.
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Literary controversy: 115 authors exit French publishing house Grasset
More than a hundred writers have announced their departure from the Grasset publishing house following the announcement of the dismissal of its chairman Olivier Nora. They denounce an "ideological war"... Here's everything you need to know.
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Meet the man behind the end of nuclear testing
In partnership with MDQ
Olzhas Suleimenov, a Soviet and Kazakh writer and public figure, has left a lasting legacy at the intersection of literature and activism. Rising to global prominence as the leader of the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement, he played a key role in the closure of the world’s first nuclear test site.
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A hundred years of hunny: Centenary celebrations for Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh, A.A Mline's beloved children character celebrates turning 100 this year. From books, cartoons and films, Disney is hosting several events to mark the impact the little yellow bear and his pals Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga and her baby Roo, have had on our lives.
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Read all about it: Portuguese teenage book addict goes viral
Bed-ridden by a double leg fracture, Francisco Borges read ten books a day. The habit sparked his appetite for more literature which has transformed the 13-year-old into a model student who's now spreading his love of books throughout Portuguese schools.
